quoted 1 line From: "Nate Harrison \[Digital Magician Inc\]" <nate@digimagician.com>> From: "Nate Harrison \[Digital Magician Inc\]" <nate@digimagician.com>
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quoted 2 lines a formula, and have been for a while. C'mon Bono, can't you please make> a formula, and have been for a while. C'mon Bono, can't you please make
> some interesting music? I know you're smart enough. I think U2 is quite
Ach!!! Nate, I think you're right about U2 making cheese-pop throw-
away music. But, Bono being SMART? No way. Read the excerpts from
interviews; hell, read the excerpts from a yet-unpublished interview
which recently graced this list.
Bono isn't smart, he's arrogant and has enough money to pay smart
people to think for him. He thinks he's been ahead of the crowd when
he is _lost_ in the fucking crowd. In retrospect, I wonder even how
much of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" can be attributed to his genius. Yes,
he knows the problem; but, his stirring up of Irish nationalism in the
80's was... formulaic. I mean, you don't hear Bono singing about
that now when people aren't as black and white on "the troubles".
(And don't flame me about him waving the flag. I'm no UDF supporter,
to be sure!)
My opinion -- and feel free to tell me why I'm wrong -- is that Bono
got lucky early and has paid people to keep him looking good since
then. Yeah, his people sometimes do good work for him. But overall?
He just doesn't have anything amazing to contribute.
Dale